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J F Fotheringham
Sporting Sketches and Scenes in India



J F Fotheringham, Sporting Sketches and Scenes in India, [London]: C. Moody, [1851]

Lithographic title-page, address leaf, letterpress descriptive text for each plate, 7 lithographic plates by Fotheringham with later hand-colouring, appendix page; full red calf, boards with multiple rules and elaborate floral borders, all gilt, gilt title to upper board
34.5 x 49.7 x 1 cm

LIST OF PLATES
Title page / 1. Interior of a Subaltern's Tent. During a "Shikar" Party" / 2. Hunters Preparing to Start / 3. Wild boar "Breaking Cover" / 4. Riding for "The Spear" Over "Cotton Ground" / 5. "First Spear"! Whose is it to be? / 6. "The Charge" / 7. "The Death"

According to Schwerdt, Sporting Sketches and Scenes in India is "one of the few books" dealing with the 'chase of the wild boar in the east''. The plates, executed in a vibrant amateur style, follow the hunt, from 'Interior of a Subaltern's Tent During a Shikar Party', to 'The Boar Breaking Cover', to 'The Death'.

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PASSAGES TO INDIA: A JOURNEY THROUGH RARE BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND LETTERS
24-26 JULY 2024

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